Lombards

Also known as Langobardi, Longobardi

thumb|upright=1.2|Lombard possessions in Italy: the Lombard Kingdom (Neustria (Lombard)|Neustria, Austria and Tuscia) and the Lombard Duchies of Spoleto and Benevento

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The Lombards were a Germanic people who established a kingdom in Italy during the early Middle Ages, controlling territories that included the northern region and several duchies in the south. Their political presence in Italy was significant enough to shape the peninsula's territorial organization during the medieval period.

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Name
Legendary origins
History
First century: Lower Elbe
Second century
Migration
Middle Danube
Kingdom of the Lombards in Italy, 568–774
Langobardia major
Langobardia minor
Arian monarchy
Catholic monarchy
Later history
Falling to the Franks and the Duchy of Benevento, 774–849
Southern Italy and the Arabs, 836–915
Lombard principalities in the tenth century
Norman conquest, 1017–1078
Genetics
Culture
Language
Social structure
Migration Period society
Society of the Catholic kingdom
Lombard states
Religious history
Christianisation
Beneventan Christianity
Art
Architecture
List of rulers
Notes and sources
Notes
Sources
Ancient sources
External links

thumb|upright=1.2|Lombard possessions in Italy: the Lombard Kingdom (Neustria (Lombard)|Neustria, Austria and Tuscia) and the Lombard Duchies of Spoleto and Benevento

The Lombards, Longobards or Langobards () were a Germanic people who conquered most of the Italian Peninsula between 568 and 774 AD. They had previously settled in the Middle Danube in the 5th century, near what is now Austria, Slovenia and Hungary. Still earlier they lived further north, near present day Hamburg. Roman-era historians in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD mention the Lombards as one of the Suebian peoples, and report them living on the Lower Elbe already in the early 1st century. Their legacy is apparent in Lombardy, northern Italy, the region deriving its name from them.